saturation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | filling, |
| definition | : | the act of filling something (noun.act) |
2. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | color property, |
| definition | : | an attribute of color (noun.attribute) |
3. the process of totally saturating something with a substance (noun.process)
| part meronym | : | plastination, |
| definition | : | a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened (noun.process) |
4. a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | condition, status, |
| definition | : | a state at a particular time (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | saturation point, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) the stage at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution or in a vapor (noun.state) |
5. the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid (noun.act)
| derivation | : | saturate, |
| definition | : | cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance (verb.change) |
6. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | intensify, |
| definition | : | make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | chromatic, |
| definition | : | being or having or characterized by hue (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | intense, vivid, |
| definition | : | (of color) having the highest saturation (adj.all) |
7. the process of totally saturating something with a substance (noun.process)
8. the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid (noun.act)
| derivation | : | saturate, |
| definition | : | cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance (verb.change) |
9. chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | intensify, |
| definition | : | make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | chromatic, |
| definition | : | being or having or characterized by hue (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | intense, vivid, |
| definition | : | (of color) having the highest saturation (adj.all) |
10. the process of totally saturating something with a substance (noun.process)
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